Treatment with drugs given to initiate labor pains or
increase spontaneous labor pains to a sufficient level is called labor
induction. For this, the mother is given a drug called oxytocin in serum.
Oxytocin is a hormone that is normally secreted from the area of the brain
called the pituitary and provides uterine contractions. Oxytocin is also used
to control postpartum hemorrhage.
For the progression of normal delivery, the cervix must
gradually open (dilatation) and become thinner. This thinning event is called
effacement. During effacement, the cervix softens and becomes thinner. Opening
of the cervix is indicated in centimeters during normal birth examinations,
Ken efasman (thinning level) is specified as a percentage.
When the cervix is opened 9-10 cm and the effacement approaches one hundred
percent, it is about to give birth. Induced labourpain accelerates this opening
and thinning process, and enables the baby to move downward from the birth
canal faster.
Induction
required:
- Preeclampsia / Eclampsia
- Chorioamnionitis (infection in the uterus)
- Abnormal detection in some tests of the fetus
- Intrauterine growth retardation
- Pregnancy in the sun (pregnancy past 41 or 42 weeks)
- Dead fetus
- Major congenital fetal anomaly
and in some other cases birth is required with induced labour
initiation.